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the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack. now we found out this week, so did the deputy intelligence director for africom. here was his testimony. >> what we did know quite early on was this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration gone terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is the cia, the state department, and the white house ignored their people on the ground when they said this was not a terror attack? >> because the white house is pushing a political explanation leading up to an election. the president had been saying al qaeda was on the run. they were trying to push a narrative of strength in foreign policy. this did not fit their narrative. this is actually an indication of a broader failure of foreign policy. the light footprint policy. in fact, we know also that secretary dempsey -- excuse me secretary panetta and secretary dempsey knew right away it was a terror attack. that was not pushed by the administration. they were trying to push this spontaneous reaction that was out of their control. t
the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack. now we found out this week, so did the deputy intelligence director for africom. here was his testimony. >> what we did know quite early on was this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration gone terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is the cia, the state department, and the white house ignored their people on the ground when they said this was not a terror attack? >> because the white house is...
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to try to find a way out of this conundrum but this is not like libya there's a large base of loyal syrian military and we have a long ways to go in this struggle and there's no easy answer but dr post you. you mentioned it earlier about saddam hussein and more market off and i think we also can see that in the now a declassified political profile of idol hitler it's all those leaders had a very strong south identification of that country. there was this famous quote saddam is iraq iraq is saddam but when you look at bashar al assad he always makes a point about stressing the limits of his authority he always stresses in his interviews that he doesn't own the country and yet. these protests of him as these to rally collegiate or who controls everything in syria is very persistent it seems that the american policy makers and the western media in general a very bent on presenting him as a tyrant no matter what. i don't see him in the manner in which you're characterizing him and i wouldn't touch people generically in the west in fact as i pointed out in that paragraph and as you emphasized i
to try to find a way out of this conundrum but this is not like libya there's a large base of loyal syrian military and we have a long ways to go in this struggle and there's no easy answer but dr post you. you mentioned it earlier about saddam hussein and more market off and i think we also can see that in the now a declassified political profile of idol hitler it's all those leaders had a very strong south identification of that country. there was this famous quote saddam is iraq iraq is...
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it was never true in libya. look at what was happening in real time, and there is nobody, nobody that thought there was a video that was causing a protest in benghazi, nobody. >> but, again -- what i was referring to was the intelligence committee does refer to a spontaneous event at the embassy in cairo that evolved into a direct attack on benghazi and the argument by critics is, this is a conflation of issues and the white house trying to obscure it and certainly trying to make the president look good. anita dunn, and that was the subject of that e-mail. >> that is unprecedented in the history of white houses, okay? >> trying to make the president look good? >> or at least -- >> or politicizing national security? >> no, trying to get a coherence message out there on shows like yours. it's been called a smoking gun. if you look at this, it's a lot more like a leaky water pistol. there's not a lot that's new in here. frankly, it's a broader kind of e-mail that gets sent around probably every friday and then agen
it was never true in libya. look at what was happening in real time, and there is nobody, nobody that thought there was a video that was causing a protest in benghazi, nobody. >> but, again -- what i was referring to was the intelligence committee does refer to a spontaneous event at the embassy in cairo that evolved into a direct attack on benghazi and the argument by critics is, this is a conflation of issues and the white house trying to obscure it and certainly trying to make the...
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this is the nature of libya right now. these militias consider themselves the army -- >> did you vet -- >> this is the challenge we have in this country. there was the central army -- >> so we would try to normalize the security situation. the red cross has been run out. we reduce the number of gun toters and increased local militias that we could not vet? >> it is highly risky. traveling to libya, you can feel relatively safe because these militias provide a neighborhood watch program. many of them are filling the void of the security forces. we need to look at how we use the word "militia" carefully because these are the security forces. >> two years ago it was not normal in a situation, it was more dramatic, no way to vet people, and we have reduced the number of folks who have provided security and increased the people who were watching the front door, and it was clear they were walking away from the front door and we had sharia walk-through and the attack was on. let me take a recess. we will move toward vote and come
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the factors make libya a concern. 30 miles from the libya border, which had multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of the intervention, this created a much more complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate and helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. some scholars argue that the fact the nato intervention prolonged the war meant that it cost more lives than it safe. -- saves. even if it saves more lives than libya, further lives were lost as a result. this is why i cannot join with those who proclaim nato's intervention to be a strategic success. i appreciate the opportunity to testify and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you. chairman, ranking member cummings, committee members, i am grateful for the opportunity to speak with you about libya's security crisis and what the international community can do to assist. i bring the perspective of both a scholar who travels frequently to the country and a military officer who served in tripoli prior
the factors make libya a concern. 30 miles from the libya border, which had multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of the intervention, this created a much more complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate and helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. some scholars argue that the fact the nato intervention prolonged the war meant that it cost more lives than it safe. --...
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and with direct responsibility kept saying it was the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack and now we found out this week so did the deputy intelligence director for u.s. forces in africa. here was his testimony. >> what we did know early on is this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration going terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is that the cia, the state department and the white house ignored their people and the ground when they said this was not a terror attack? >> because the white house is pushing a political explanation leading up to an election. the president had been saying al qaeda was on the run. this did not fit their narrative. this is a broader failure of foreign policy. and, in fact, we know also that secretary panetta also said the same thing. they knew right away it was a terrorist attack. yet that, was not pushed by the administration. they were trying to push this video that it was some kind of spontaneous reaction that was out of their control. that's significant. this should matter. >> we're running out of time, senator
and with direct responsibility kept saying it was the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack and now we found out this week so did the deputy intelligence director for u.s. forces in africa. here was his testimony. >> what we did know early on is this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration going terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is that the cia, the state department and the white house ignored their people and the ground when they said...
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at the time reports from libya, media reports, said the same thing and investigations by the senate intelligence committee and "the new york times" both come up with the same conclusion. so even with what susan rice said, if not entirely accurate was kind of close to what other people have found. so there if there's a difference of opinion here -- >> i think it's close to what we knew months and years later now. which developed by a bipartisan committee. my question, is this something in the republican brain soup? did they somehow get the idea that something bad happened here? if you've about got boehner under sodium pentothal -- imagine the thought -- >> or two bottles of cologne. >> -- what's your worst-case scenario about what happened? not when press releases were issued. what happened? did anyone deserve blame for a beloved ambassador getting killed? >> i don't have any idea what they believe. i guess some of them probably believe that. >> that hillary was after something else? >> something like that or that it had to be some kind of misfeasance or lack of preparedness on the obama administ
at the time reports from libya, media reports, said the same thing and investigations by the senate intelligence committee and "the new york times" both come up with the same conclusion. so even with what susan rice said, if not entirely accurate was kind of close to what other people have found. so there if there's a difference of opinion here -- >> i think it's close to what we knew months and years later now. which developed by a bipartisan committee. my question, is this...
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fact about get off it was and i know that from my personal experience because i was on the ground in libya back in february and march of two thousand and eleven and i know that up until his ouster his government was paying salaries to the police officers to doctors to teacher same bin guys have been gaza that was already overtaken by protesters and they even took special mashers. provides residents have been gazi with antiretroviral drugs reach doesn't really is credited for me with this portrayal of him as a ruthless lunatic i wouldn't see him as a ruthless lunatic i mentioned he was a borderline person personality who was usually above the border but could have exaggerated decision making when he was either happy with success or when he was failing and under massive pressure that's when his decision making became distorted and now i think there is some commonality in the way these. authoritarian leaders are perpetrate in the west and specifically by american policymakers and they're usually portrayed as you know this madman the cruel irrational are you sad earlier that saddam hussein was
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of 2012, just days after the brutal murders of four americans in the diplomatic outpost in benghazi, libya, i was perhaps to say outright that our government loyed to us about what happened. it is been two years, and through subkwent hearings and leaks and investigative reports and ever- changing reports from the current administration, i never had to recant or clarify my original blunt statement. this week judicial watch finally obtained bombshell e-mails revealing that the top white house aide instructed susan rice to go on shoes and spin the loy that benghazi was due to a video. ine caught with the pants down, the white house continued to play the american public for fools, giving comments like these from white house press hack jay con man carne. >> why are you would hoking back the information and why was it not turned over to the congress and released with all of the other e-mails and it is directly relevant. >> john. >> why did it take a court case. >> i can say again and dpaen and you can keep asking again and again. this document was not about benghazi. >> right? not only president
of 2012, just days after the brutal murders of four americans in the diplomatic outpost in benghazi, libya, i was perhaps to say outright that our government loyed to us about what happened. it is been two years, and through subkwent hearings and leaks and investigative reports and ever- changing reports from the current administration, i never had to recant or clarify my original blunt statement. this week judicial watch finally obtained bombshell e-mails revealing that the top white house...
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it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interest in libya. so in essence it was a way of saying it was not that the killing of the ambassador changes the course of a war, but it makes the statement it changes the psychology of the enemy, i. e., us, of course it was attack, as was known in the first half hour. >> often times it takes time and persistence until the truth is known. with benghazi, we'll remain on the case, poised to bring you the latest developments on a house select committee as soon as they happen. that is all for now, thank you for joining us. and good night. stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare hey! i like your ride. i just wanted to let you know... you can save a ton by switching to progressive, just like squirrel here. we offer great discounts, like responsible rider, paid in full, and homeowners. making us number one in motorcycle insurance. isn't this romantic. it was. going the distance to save you more. now, that's
it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interest in libya. so in essence it was a way of saying it was not that the killing of the ambassador changes the course of a war, but it makes the statement it changes the psychology of the enemy, i. e., us, of course it was attack, as was known in the first half hour. >> often times it takes time and persistence until the truth is known. with benghazi, we'll remain on the case, poised to bring you the latest developments on a house...
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from libya. there are still questions about what hillary clinton's involvement was and who actually conceived this video idea, this video narrative the white house pushed so hard. but i think what the ben rhodes' e-mail did this week, it told us there were in effect two different sets of talking points. one was created at least originated with the intelligence community, with heavy input from obama administration officials, and it was intended for delivery to capitol hill. the second which was revealed this week, were created by the white house for susan rice for her appearances on the sunday shows. and the difference between the two is the former, the first set, made virtually no mention of video. the talking points that came from the intelligence community. the second set of talking points that the video was suddenly the central part of the story. >> you did a lot of the early reporting there. do you feel vindicated now? >> i think we certainly have more answers to questions that we were answer
from libya. there are still questions about what hillary clinton's involvement was and who actually conceived this video idea, this video narrative the white house pushed so hard. but i think what the ben rhodes' e-mail did this week, it told us there were in effect two different sets of talking points. one was created at least originated with the intelligence community, with heavy input from obama administration officials, and it was intended for delivery to capitol hill. the second which was...
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the real issue here is why did an ambassador have little or no real security in a place like libya on september 11th. >> that's a great question. who was in charge of security at the time when we knew that there were a number of attacks, a number of threats leading up to this incident. we knew they had drones in the sky watching ago live video feed as this battle unfolded for 7 to 8 hours. ty woods, of course you remember he was killed tragically in this attack, a navy seal who was killed, said when the bodies arrived back in the united states, hillary clinton looked right into his eyes and still was blaming it on that video. listen. >> well it, came out on the 12th, i'm sorry, on the 14th. this was about the same time that i met hillary clinton when the bodies came in to andrews air force base. and i think i mentioned this to you before. hillary clinton came up to me and i gave her a handshake and a hug. and when i shook her hand she said to me: we are going to have the film maker arrested. >> do you i think this may be te single most shocking thing in the benghazi story. secretary o
the real issue here is why did an ambassador have little or no real security in a place like libya on september 11th. >> that's a great question. who was in charge of security at the time when we knew that there were a number of attacks, a number of threats leading up to this incident. we knew they had drones in the sky watching ago live video feed as this battle unfolded for 7 to 8 hours. ty woods, of course you remember he was killed tragically in this attack, a navy seal who was...
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and according to the e-mail, jones spoke to libya's ambassador at 9:45 a.m. on september 12, the day after the attack. and when the libyan ambassador said the government suspected that former gadhafi regime elements carried out the attacks, i told him the group that conducted the attacks was ansar al sharia, which is affiliated with islamic extremist s. now wait a minute. if hillary knew or her state department knew the day after 9:45 in the morning, why did she along with the president and everybody else go out there with a the youtube video narrative? i think the answer is obvious, because of political concern. >> exactly. in other words, this fit the narrative of this being a strong leader and by the way, we killed bin laden. it was very important to continue that myth all the way through the elections. >> all right. so you mentioned that you know a thing or two about special select committees. i think boehner has been very slow in doing this. i'm glad he finally did this. memo pushed it over the hill. what does this mean for those that are involved, those
and according to the e-mail, jones spoke to libya's ambassador at 9:45 a.m. on september 12, the day after the attack. and when the libyan ambassador said the government suspected that former gadhafi regime elements carried out the attacks, i told him the group that conducted the attacks was ansar al sharia, which is affiliated with islamic extremist s. now wait a minute. if hillary knew or her state department knew the day after 9:45 in the morning, why did she along with the president and...
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it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interests in libya. so in its essence, it was a way of saying it wasn't that the killing of an ambassador changes the course of a war, but it ies makes a statement that changes r the psychology of the enemy, ie, us. of course it was a terrorist attack, and it was obvious in the first half hour. >> as with many stories, it often takes time and persistence before the truth is known. t with regard to benghazi, we will remain on the case, poised to bring you the very latest, s on including any developments on as house select committee as soon as they happen. that's all for now. thanks for watching and good night.ions. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and prioritize her goals, so she could really turn up the volume on her dreams today...and tomorrow. so let's see what we can do about that... remodel. motorcycle. [ female announcer ] some questions take more than a bank. they take a banker. make a my financial priorities appointment today. bec
it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interests in libya. so in its essence, it was a way of saying it wasn't that the killing of an ambassador changes the course of a war, but it ies makes a statement that changes r the psychology of the enemy, ie, us. of course it was a terrorist attack, and it was obvious in the first half hour. >> as with many stories, it often takes time and persistence before the truth is known. t with regard to benghazi, we will remain on the...
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it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interests in libya. so in its essence, it was a way of saying it wasn't that the killing of an ambassador changes the course of a war, but it makes a statement that changes the psychology of the enemy, ie, us. of course it was a terrorist attack, and it was obvious in the first half hour. >> as with many stories, it often takes time and persistence before the truth is known. with regard to benghazi, we will remain on the case, poised to bring you the very latest, including any developments on a house select committee as soon as they happen. that's all for now. thanks for watching. and good night. way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips. [ banker ] sydney needed some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt
it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interests in libya. so in its essence, it was a way of saying it wasn't that the killing of an ambassador changes the course of a war, but it makes a statement that changes the psychology of the enemy, ie, us. of course it was a terrorist attack, and it was obvious in the first half hour. >> as with many stories, it often takes time and persistence before the truth is known. with regard to benghazi, we will remain on the case, poised...
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at the time, reports from libya, media reports said the same thing. and investigations by the senate intelligence committee and "the new york times" both come up with the same conclusion. so even with what susan rice said, if not entirely accurate was kind of close to what other people found. so if there's a difference of opinion here, it wasn't -- >> i think it's close to what we know months and years later now. my question, is this something in the republican brain soup? did they somehow get the idea that something bad happened here? if you've got boehner under sodium pen thol, imagiathol, im thought -- what's your worst case scenario about what happened. not press releases that were issued. did anybody deserve blame for a beloved ambassador getting killed? >> i don't have any idea what they believe. i think some believe that. >> believe what? hillary was out doing something else? >> something like that. or that there had to be some kind of lack of preparedness on the obama administration's part for this to have happened. i think a lot of them don't
at the time, reports from libya, media reports said the same thing. and investigations by the senate intelligence committee and "the new york times" both come up with the same conclusion. so even with what susan rice said, if not entirely accurate was kind of close to what other people found. so if there's a difference of opinion here, it wasn't -- >> i think it's close to what we know months and years later now. my question, is this something in the republican brain soup? did...
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diplomatic post in benghazi, libya. he is drawing a line directly from these e-mails released this week after they put forward a freedom of information request that was fulfilled, and the reasons for appointing a committee now are straightforward. the developments. when we will see that connected, we will let you know. major ground in the benghazi story. bill o'reilly is slamming them over this very hot issue. >> the obama administration was derelict and dishonest in the aftermath. the national press doesn't give a damn? martha: we take a look at why it is just now gaining more attention. bill: "frozen" is taken the world by storm. let's hear it for the u.s. marines, shall we? >> ♪ let it go ♪ let it go close ♪ your mom could do anything. turn night into day. conquer the globe. stop floods. now she could use a hand, so she can keep living on her own. comfort keepers can help you help her. our professional caregivers are carefully chosen and highly trained to provide a variety of in-home services while truly engagi
diplomatic post in benghazi, libya. he is drawing a line directly from these e-mails released this week after they put forward a freedom of information request that was fulfilled, and the reasons for appointing a committee now are straightforward. the developments. when we will see that connected, we will let you know. major ground in the benghazi story. bill o'reilly is slamming them over this very hot issue. >> the obama administration was derelict and dishonest in the aftermath. the...
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a year and a half after this great victory, bin laden being killed, we had a terrorist attack in libya that was contrary to the president's triumphant narrative. it flew in the face of his strongest argument for reelection, that he has been strong on terror. there was and this fellow, the sleazy and gratuitously fellow and his colleagues spun the events, they twisted the events that happened in benghazi to fit the narrative. they could not admit it was a successful terrorist attack that took down the ambassador and his three colleagues because that flew in the face of the president's triumphant narrative and his march to reelection. so they spun it. here in my opinion, is where we faltered. we should have concentrated on two things. why did we have such a light footprints in such a volatile country to begin with? where was the security? i almost got killed in benghazi. >> we watched it on the air. >> and i know these militia. they turn on their mother in a heart bet. these are people with no character, no morals, that today their motivation is islam. tomorrow it's money, weapons, whate
a year and a half after this great victory, bin laden being killed, we had a terrorist attack in libya that was contrary to the president's triumphant narrative. it flew in the face of his strongest argument for reelection, that he has been strong on terror. there was and this fellow, the sleazy and gratuitously fellow and his colleagues spun the events, they twisted the events that happened in benghazi to fit the narrative. they could not admit it was a successful terrorist attack that took...
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we lost four americans that were in libya that was a rat hole after muammar gadhafi was out. so this is an embarrassment for the white house. but how do they reclaim the narrative so jay carney doesn't look like just a big liar in trying to remind everybody from that lecture the history of the time, which is okay to do, but how do they look like they're not lying about what was done? >> you know, if there are any other e-mails, just put them out. just put everything out. because in the end, this is a scandal without a center. you know, what's at the center of this is -- was the real -- if there's a scandal, it is a state department security preparations prepositions of forces, the assessment before the attack as to what sort of danger the ambassador and the cia facility might have been in in benghazi. that's what went wrong there. and, you know, to expect there to have been a clear narrative of exactly what the motivations were of the miscreants who did this, a couple of days after the attack is ridiculous. it's absurd. nothing ever happens like that. so if the criticism is t
we lost four americans that were in libya that was a rat hole after muammar gadhafi was out. so this is an embarrassment for the white house. but how do they reclaim the narrative so jay carney doesn't look like just a big liar in trying to remind everybody from that lecture the history of the time, which is okay to do, but how do they look like they're not lying about what was done? >> you know, if there are any other e-mails, just put them out. just put everything out. because in the...
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collection of dissemination for the military inside libya. what they have you should have d him wasn't about the talking point. we all know they lied. the talking points are bogus. what we know is why they did it because it was not the narrative that they needed for the election. what we don't know is why didn't they prepare for. this 9/11 is going to be a terrorist anniversary for the rest of our days on this planet. it's going to be a time for heightened awareness, increased attention, putting forces into position. the questions that should have been asked were general level did your staff warn people about 9/11? general lufl, did your people communicate with the state department about the threats that ambassador stevens already communicated? one of the big problems, stephens had asked for help and never got it why? >> catherine herridge reported on october 31st that on the 15th of august there was an emergency meeting convened by the u.s. mission in benghazi. and that there was an august 16th cable marked secret that was sent to the state
collection of dissemination for the military inside libya. what they have you should have d him wasn't about the talking point. we all know they lied. the talking points are bogus. what we know is why they did it because it was not the narrative that they needed for the election. what we don't know is why didn't they prepare for. this 9/11 is going to be a terrorist anniversary for the rest of our days on this planet. it's going to be a time for heightened awareness, increased attention,...
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this is the nature of libya right now. these militias consider themselves the army -- >> did you vet -- >> this is the challenge we have in this country. there was the central army -- >> so we would try to normalize the security situation. the red cross has been run out. we reduce the number of gun toters and increased local militias that we could not vet? >> it is highly risky. traveling to libya, you can feel relatively safe because these militias provide a neighborhood watch program. many of them are filling the void of the security forces. we need to look at how we use the word "militia" carefully because these are the security forces. >> two years ago it was not normal in a situation, it was more dramatic, no way to vet people, and we have reduced the number of folks who have provided security and increased the people who were watching the front door, and it was clear they were walking away from the front door and we had sharia walk-through and the attack was on. let me take a recess. we will move toward vote and come
this is the nature of libya right now. these militias consider themselves the army -- >> did you vet -- >> this is the challenge we have in this country. there was the central army -- >> so we would try to normalize the security situation. the red cross has been run out. we reduce the number of gun toters and increased local militias that we could not vet? >> it is highly risky. traveling to libya, you can feel relatively safe because these militias provide a...
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the people on the ground in libya and they decided to write it out of virginia and on top of that, we have the november 28th, -- i have tape of jay carney saying, no, no, the only change we made was from the consulate to diplomatic facility because that was the only thing we had to do. now we know with the speaking e-mail -- hang on, jay the white house was involved in the talking points. >> let me say something else here. there is no explanation legitimate for this. jay carney is lying, not telling the truth when he says this e-mail was not about benghazi because this e-mail became public only because our friends at judicial watch filed a lawsuit asking for documents related the benghazi. a court ordered those to be released and the state department produced this e-mail, which is a response to the benghazi attack. so administration can try to change what it means, but the fact is the words speak for themself. that's number one. >> all right. >> number two, lanny, they handled this wrong from the beginning. certainly we knew three days later, obviously, immediately this had nothing to
the people on the ground in libya and they decided to write it out of virginia and on top of that, we have the november 28th, -- i have tape of jay carney saying, no, no, the only change we made was from the consulate to diplomatic facility because that was the only thing we had to do. now we know with the speaking e-mail -- hang on, jay the white house was involved in the talking points. >> let me say something else here. there is no explanation legitimate for this. jay carney is lying,...
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ambassador to libya. today, a congressional company tries to find out why. we will tell you what happens. >> clarence thomas saying weighs an uncle tom, what did you mean by that? that certainly wouldn't be, you know, appropriate if it was coming from somebody who was white. >> but i'm black. >> a congressman from mississippi called supreme court justice clarence thomas an uncle tom. where is the media outrage? maybe the guy should own a basketball team. laura ingraham is on it. >> had you a guy who repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl. and you gave him just 30 days in jail. can you explain that please? >> also ahead, the supreme court of montana overturns outrageous sentence for a child rapist embarrassing the judge who gave it we will update you on that. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the benghazi story keeps getting bigger. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. today, retired b
ambassador to libya. today, a congressional company tries to find out why. we will tell you what happens. >> clarence thomas saying weighs an uncle tom, what did you mean by that? that certainly wouldn't be, you know, appropriate if it was coming from somebody who was white. >> but i'm black. >> a congressman from mississippi called supreme court justice clarence thomas an uncle tom. where is the media outrage? maybe the guy should own a basketball team. laura ingraham is on...
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lou: is there any question in our mind that the assets in italy, near libya, could have been diverted and brought to bear whether day which be jets or be special operations forces, to try at least to help those people who were being attacked by radical islamist terrorists? >> they didn't even start. >> lou: i understand, but do we have the want i capacity to do t very much seems to be the question, the tactic, that now your arm service committee chairman. >> i think we did have resources in place in italy, spain, and germany. and if we didn 't, we should have. and one take aways from this, is we need to eva evaluate our abiy to respond to a crisis anywhere in the world on short notice. a lot of people say this is about sticking it to the white house, or hillary clinton. no this is investigation, also serves to make sure that men and women who serve in our dip that diplomatic corps is feel seiche, like they have washington d.c. behind home, when they are out and hostile territory risking their lives for american interests. lou: congressman and congresswoman thank you so much. >> thank
lou: is there any question in our mind that the assets in italy, near libya, could have been diverted and brought to bear whether day which be jets or be special operations forces, to try at least to help those people who were being attacked by radical islamist terrorists? >> they didn't even start. >> lou: i understand, but do we have the want i capacity to do t very much seems to be the question, the tactic, that now your arm service committee chairman. >> i think we did...
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military did not try to save the american ambassador to libya. today, a congressional company tries to find out why. we will tell you what happens. >> clarence thomas saying weighs an uncle tom, what did you mean by that? that certainly wouldn't be, you know, appropriate if it was coming from somebody who was white. >> but i'm black. >> a congressman from mississippi called supreme court justice clarence thomas an uncle tom. where is the media outrage? maybe the guy should own a basketball team. laura ingraham is on it. >> had you a guy who repeatedly raped a 14-year-ol
military did not try to save the american ambassador to libya. today, a congressional company tries to find out why. we will tell you what happens. >> clarence thomas saying weighs an uncle tom, what did you mean by that? that certainly wouldn't be, you know, appropriate if it was coming from somebody who was white. >> but i'm black. >> a congressman from mississippi called supreme court justice clarence thomas an uncle tom. where is the media outrage? maybe the guy should own...
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libya is writing a constitution. they held elections in 2012 that, by all accounts, were relatively transparent and fair. they remain very pro-american, which has been contrasted to many other countries in the region. >> i want to thank all four of you for your testimony. it is very enlightening. it is a contribution to what has been a conversation about a tragedy in libya. thank you very much. >> thank you. for what purpose does the german from florida receipt -- seek recognition? >> along with 60 members, this letter was sent to the president saying it was a year now since the benghazi attacks. not to be done to bring these people to justice and asking for the ministration to act. >> without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from utah is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you and thank you all for being here. thank you for the service of your country in general. god bless you. thank you for your service over 33 years. on september 11, 2012, what was your ranking title? >> i served as the deputy director for i
libya is writing a constitution. they held elections in 2012 that, by all accounts, were relatively transparent and fair. they remain very pro-american, which has been contrasted to many other countries in the region. >> i want to thank all four of you for your testimony. it is very enlightening. it is a contribution to what has been a conversation about a tragedy in libya. thank you very much. >> thank you. for what purpose does the german from florida receipt -- seek recognition?...
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concernors make libya a . 30 miles from the libya border, which have multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of created aention, this complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. that thelars argue fact the nato intervention prolonged the were meant that it it safe. lives than even if it saves more lives than libya, further lives were lost as a result. this is why i cannot join with who reclaim nato's intervention to be a strategic success. i appreciate the opportunity to testify and i look forward to answer your questions. who>> thank you. chairman, ranking member cummings, committee members, i am grateful for the opportunity to speak with you about libya's security crisis and what the international community can do to assist. i bring the perspective of both a scholar who travels frequently to the country and a military officer who served in tripoli prior to the revolution. governmenth libya officials, military officers, and
concernors make libya a . 30 miles from the libya border, which have multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of created aention, this complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. that thelars argue fact the nato intervention prolonged the were meant that it it safe. lives than even if it saves more lives than libya, further lives...
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then you have the person who heads up military intelligence there in libya for the united states military, and he said, no, we knew right away that it was al qaeda. i asked him if al qaeda was on the run or were they growing and expanding? they were growing and expanding. >> there's another scandal i know you're intimately aware of. on the show the other day, you spilled the beans that maybe leader eric cantor would announce a contempt resolution for lois lerner. that it would come next week. now the official word has come from cantor. what are we to make of what will happen next week? >> they're going to have a drama. we'll have some debate on the floor of the house about this. then we'll get the vote. it will be very interesting to see what the democrats do on this. do we or do we not want the truth? are we or are we not going to try to get that truth? that's what's going to play out next week. it will happen with a floor vote and then there are a variety of options the house will have. >> congressman, thanks for your time. >>> fox news delving deeper into the newly released e-mails abo
then you have the person who heads up military intelligence there in libya for the united states military, and he said, no, we knew right away that it was al qaeda. i asked him if al qaeda was on the run or were they growing and expanding? they were growing and expanding. >> there's another scandal i know you're intimately aware of. on the show the other day, you spilled the beans that maybe leader eric cantor would announce a contempt resolution for lois lerner. that it would come next...
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this goes along with the cstation chief in libya told the cheadquarters it was a terror attacks and why the cia top officials. deputy director morel would be writing a talking point that said it was a spontaneous protest. you had military and cia officials saying it was an attack and not a protest. >> clearly the obama administration and hillary clinton campaign if there is such a thing, would like the store tore to go away. jay carney's exasperation every time a question of benghazi comes, it shoes. he tries to suggest that it is dealt with can old news. why is the story not going away? >> well, there are new facts and the old questions don't get answered. a scandal only continues if there are new fact ands there is significance to the ben rhed ones talking points that he wrote for a prep session perfect susan rice came on fox news sunday and other shoes. thesis are talking poips. and no question about it. referring five times directly to the video. the video that sparked the protest in a number of the places. he asked a specific question about bepg bengin the talking points, giving bo
this goes along with the cstation chief in libya told the cheadquarters it was a terror attacks and why the cia top officials. deputy director morel would be writing a talking point that said it was a spontaneous protest. you had military and cia officials saying it was an attack and not a protest. >> clearly the obama administration and hillary clinton campaign if there is such a thing, would like the store tore to go away. jay carney's exasperation every time a question of benghazi...
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ambassador to libya. this administration's focus since that event has been on pursuing those who did harm to americans, who killed americans and bringing them to justice and taking action to insure that the failures in security that helped cause this or lead to this event were addressed and changed. what we have seen since hours after the attack, after the attack beginning with a statement by the republican nominee for president is an attempt by republicans to politicize a tragedy. and that continues today. and yesterday. how much time has been spent focused on talking points that could have been spent on -- [laughter] moving forward to help create jobs in this country and move the economy, grow the economy. how much time also has been spent, obviously, on show votes to repeal the affordable care act, something that a majority of the americans have said they don't want to -- >> but, jay, november 2012 the president said i think it's important to find out what happened in benghazi, and i'm happy to coopera
ambassador to libya. this administration's focus since that event has been on pursuing those who did harm to americans, who killed americans and bringing them to justice and taking action to insure that the failures in security that helped cause this or lead to this event were addressed and changed. what we have seen since hours after the attack, after the attack beginning with a statement by the republican nominee for president is an attempt by republicans to politicize a tragedy. and that...
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today libya is at a crossroads. open a us in paper and you will read about violence in a country awash in a country with a central government that has not consolidated its control or the country. the libyan people continue to look to the west with respect and with hope. they are aspire to work with the united states to build a stable pro-democratic country. we want the people of libya to succeed. we must find a way to reengage the world and ourselves on behalf of a nation that desires our help. this was the bipartisan goal shared by republicans like lindsey graham and downmccain who called on the united states and i quote, to build a parentship with a democratic and pro-american libya that contributes to security, prosperity across a region during a time of revolutionary change. end of quote. i hope a is a step toward this goal. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses about how we can assist the people of libya and with that mr. chairman i yield. >> i thank the gentleman. all members may have 7 days in which to
today libya is at a crossroads. open a us in paper and you will read about violence in a country awash in a country with a central government that has not consolidated its control or the country. the libyan people continue to look to the west with respect and with hope. they are aspire to work with the united states to build a stable pro-democratic country. we want the people of libya to succeed. we must find a way to reengage the world and ourselves on behalf of a nation that desires our help....
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congressman, you've been there, been to libya, done the research. i look forward to the hearings today. thanks so much. >> thanks, brian. >>> coming up next, "fox & friends" will wrap things up and say something that might change your life. ♪ ♪ when sales rep steve hatfield books at laquinta.com, he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can prep for his presentation. and when steve is perfectly prepped, ya know what he brings? and that's how you'll increase market share. any questions? can i get an "a", steve? yes! three a's! amazing sales! he brings his a-game! la quinta inns and suites is ready for you, so you'll be ready for business. the ready for you alert, only at laquinta.com! la quinta! to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i ge
congressman, you've been there, been to libya, done the research. i look forward to the hearings today. thanks so much. >> thanks, brian. >>> coming up next, "fox & friends" will wrap things up and say something that might change your life. ♪ ♪ when sales rep steve hatfield books at laquinta.com, he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can prep for his presentation. and when steve is perfectly prepped, ya know what...
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this is three days after 9/11 when four americans, including the american ambassador to libya, are killed. everybody in the chain has said it's a terrorist attack, everyone in the chain is saying there's no protest. and yet this e-mail, if we're to believe jay carney at the white house, had nothing to do with benghazi. it was more about the broad scope of the region. now, imagine that. what are they going to ask about on five sunday talk shows when you have four americans who were killed just days before? they're not going to ask about the other protests that didn't see any americans killed. they're going to ask about that. so then he said that the reason they didn't originally put forward this e-mail to the committee -- they eventually got it to the committee redacted -- was because it didn't deal with benghazi. now, that really strains k-- ab did tremendous reporting on this -- >> we're going to -- we're preparing that right now. this is all breaking at the moment. we're going to have that in a minute, bret. but i want to just go back for a moment and talk about how this e-mail actually
this is three days after 9/11 when four americans, including the american ambassador to libya, are killed. everybody in the chain has said it's a terrorist attack, everyone in the chain is saying there's no protest. and yet this e-mail, if we're to believe jay carney at the white house, had nothing to do with benghazi. it was more about the broad scope of the region. now, imagine that. what are they going to ask about on five sunday talk shows when you have four americans who were killed just...
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so god forbid we expose our policy is a failure in libya. it has been 20 months, bill. we didn't even get this e-mail. congress is supposed to provide the oversight. >> the white house argues this only reinforces what we were saying in the beginning. we were working on the best assessment we had at the time. >> here is the first follow-up question. site all of the intelligence and evidence indicating a video was connected to benghazi. go. there is none. there was nothing to support this narrative other than a desire to deflect attention from their ineffective policy. rather than saying we don't know what caused the attack they went to this video in cairo or this narrative a filmmaker in california is the cause of the four murdered americans because week -- we can -- not say it was our failed policy. site the evidence. sdwl >> what is next? >> you would hope my colleagues in the house would be upset that a private industry is getting more information than we are that would we would use the information we have to compel research. >> does this change what you thought about
so god forbid we expose our policy is a failure in libya. it has been 20 months, bill. we didn't even get this e-mail. congress is supposed to provide the oversight. >> the white house argues this only reinforces what we were saying in the beginning. we were working on the best assessment we had at the time. >> here is the first follow-up question. site all of the intelligence and evidence indicating a video was connected to benghazi. go. there is none. there was nothing to support...
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keep in mind, though, everybody who was talking to them, the people on the ground in libya, the c.i.a., they were all saying it's terrorism. it was an attack. what is curious, though, is the -- and so that is ben rhodes. ben rhodes' brother is david rhodes, the president of cbs where sheryl atkissson used to work. she quit because she said cbs wouldn't let her do stories like on benghazi. she says that congressman chaffetz told her the government tried to keep this classified. they declassified it initially. yeah, you can look at this. then when they reallied the house oversight committee wanted it, they blacked out so much stuff t didn't make any sense. that's why judicial watch sued them. that's why we now know that it leads back to the white house. >> right. mike morell also involved there, saying, he was the deputy c.i.a. direct, i'll volunteer to go meet with hillary clinton to work out a message here because it looks too good for the c.i.a. because the c.i.a. knew this was dangerous and warned ahead of time and that they didn't wants to look basically too good and make the f.b.i
keep in mind, though, everybody who was talking to them, the people on the ground in libya, the c.i.a., they were all saying it's terrorism. it was an attack. what is curious, though, is the -- and so that is ben rhodes. ben rhodes' brother is david rhodes, the president of cbs where sheryl atkissson used to work. she quit because she said cbs wouldn't let her do stories like on benghazi. she says that congressman chaffetz told her the government tried to keep this classified. they declassified...
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benghazi but tripoli. >> at least in libya on the ground much more than the people in washington sent that email to acting director morell that day which said listen, this is not an escalation of protests. that was ignored as well. i guess one question i would have was that ignored because it didn't fit the white house talking points? this t. would be good to know answers from that. >> for the life of me, i don't understand why president obama, on september 18th, which is -- after september 11th on the letterman show and on september 25th, which is even later than that on "the view" is still going with that video thing which is that narrative that was coming out of the white house. i don't understand why they didn't -- i didn't correct him or why he didn't correct himself. >> i will never understand that either. i think that they clung to this narrative because it was a narrative leading up to the election that they had been pushing in terms of al qaeda on the run, al qaeda toward defeat. they clung to the video because the actual narrative, let's not forget, the head of the defense d
benghazi but tripoli. >> at least in libya on the ground much more than the people in washington sent that email to acting director morell that day which said listen, this is not an escalation of protests. that was ignored as well. i guess one question i would have was that ignored because it didn't fit the white house talking points? this t. would be good to know answers from that. >> for the life of me, i don't understand why president obama, on september 18th, which is -- after...
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we had the president take us to libya and say it was a war. we were killing, but not dying. so that was not a war. ok, what i am saying is whistleblowers have the ability to avert a disastrous, hopeless, bloody war and not only that one. iraq could have been stopped that way by anyone of a thousand people who knew what we were getting into. not one of whom told the truth. nor did any -- actually, there were in that particular case, unlike vietnam, a couple of reporters, walter pincus and few others, some dissenters talking about the lack of evidence for wmd's. but the leaks, the top seek it -- the top secret leaks to judith miller and michael gordon that there were wmd's, that there were cylinders and dealings to get yellowcake for saddam, that was all over the front page of "the new york ," and that got us into the war. so the reporters in washington failed across the board on iraq in exactly the same way they had failed years before on vietnam. and the people in the government all failed to carry out their oath to the constitution all without any exception known to me exce
we had the president take us to libya and say it was a war. we were killing, but not dying. so that was not a war. ok, what i am saying is whistleblowers have the ability to avert a disastrous, hopeless, bloody war and not only that one. iraq could have been stopped that way by anyone of a thousand people who knew what we were getting into. not one of whom told the truth. nor did any -- actually, there were in that particular case, unlike vietnam, a couple of reporters, walter pincus and few...